Adjunct Professor at Australian Catholic University (ACU)

Thank you to the Australian Catholic University (ACU) who have invited me to extend my term as Adjunct Professor until 2027.

Here is what they wrote in their letter 

"Australian Catholic University’s (ACU) conferral of adjunct and honorary awards recognises the accomplishment and contribution of persons who have made or will make an outstanding contribution to the achievement of the ACU's mission, to scholarship or professional practice in one or more disciplines or professions of interest to ACU, to the life and objectives of ACU, to the society and/or the Church in ways that are aligned to the mission and vision of ACU."

ACU Speed Session: Working with multilingual children: How can I assess speech in a language that I don't speak?

The Australian Catholic University (ACU) Allied Health speed sessions for May includes an invited presentation by Kate Margetson titled "Working with multilingual children: How can I assess speech in a language that I don't speak? 

Kate Margetson is a speech pathologist and postdoctoral research fellow at Charles Sturt University. Her PhD research focussed on assessment and differential diagnosis of speech sound disorders in bilingual Vietnamese-English speaking children. Her current research focusses on supporting speech-language pathologists to work with multilingual children, particularly when they do not speak the same language(s). Kate is a certified practicing speech-language pathologist and has worked clinically for over 10 years with multilingual children and their families in both Australia and Vietnam. She is a director of Trinh Foundation Australia which has support the development of the speech pathology profession in Vietnam.

Access the recording here: https://echo360.net.au/media/93c893a0-9748-40c5-8461-b7faf7ad52ad/public

Child Perspectives of DTTC Study

I was excited to receive an email this morning to indicate that we have been funded to undertake a study with the Once Upon a Time Foundation in the US to undertake a study titled "Child Perspectives of DTTC Study". The grant will be led by Dr Anna Cronin and A/Prof Jane McCormack from ACU with in partnership with myself and CSU. This is an exciting study.

Planning with A/Prof Jane McCormack at ACU

A/Prof Jane McCormack is the head of the speech pathology program at the Australian Catholic University. I am currently an Honorary Professor at ACU and am enjoying collaborating with Jane and her staff. I popped into visit Jane this week after a medical appointment. We had the opportunity to discuss the MANY projects we have together. We have enjoyed working together for over 20 years - and when we get together our brainstorming is exciting.

Sharynne and Jane at ACU North Sydney

Dr Anna Cronin, lecturer at ACU

How wonderful to catch up with my graduated PhD students to see how they have blossomed. Today I had virtual "lunch" with Dr Anna Cronin who is working as a lecturer at Australian Catholic University (ACU) in Brisbane as well as as a specialist speech pathologist in the cleft palate team at the Children's Hospital. I am so proud of her.

Dr Anna Cronin at ACU

Paediatric Professional Pathways Panel 2021: ACU Student Society

Tonight I presented on the Australian Catholic University (ACU) Student Society's Paediatric Professional Pathways Panel 2021. They had 117 students registered from Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Townsville. 

The other presenters were: 

• Dr Hannah Stark 
• Olivia O'Hare 
• Felicity Conlan 

How inspiring to hear four stories that had the same themes: dream big, do your best, put others first, see closed doors as new opportunities...so you can make a difference in the world. 

Congratulations to Aimee Wisnewski, Nicole Romei and the entire ACU SPSSM team on a very professional and fascinating evening. 

 

Presenters and committee members (photo provided by committee)

Some of the attendees (photo provided by committee)

Visiting the Australian Catholic University

Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet with the speech pathology staff at the Australian Catholic University in North Sydney. I presented a seminar titled "Children's consonant acquisition: A cross-linguistic update" to staff in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. I also met with Jane McCormack about a journal article, book chapter and other research we are collaborating on. While there, Jane showed me her latest (excellent) book: Child Development and Learning - published by Oxford University Press - with a 2019 publication date.

Jane McCormack with her latest book

Michelle Donaghy, Jane McCormack, Sharynne, Nisrine El Choueifati